Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-16

planted, il is said, about 1913, ana tne.
not only afford shady walk, but I'm
part an aspect more easy to conceiV'
than describe. One can scarcely ma
more luxuriant, richer, and better
wooded district than this within many
miles round about. What pity there
is not a more patriotic taste for planting
trees in towns, for they are constan
source of qualification and delight e
the public in general, besides lmpart
ing beauty to lie town or street whlct
they adorn. Indeed. many barren
unsightly thoroughfare would be con
verted and rendered shady, to say no
thing about bringing the sweet notes 81
the thrush, the wood-lark, and the
nightingale into contact with human
beings.
Apart from the Carr house, near the
course, where Flying Childers was bred
in IVA, race-course is mentioned IL
an old deed in 1000 What strange
things have been witnessed on the race
ground. Early in the present century
a James Hirst, of Rawcliffe, graced the
races in a carriage of his own construc-
ton, drawn by asses, mules, or dogs.
And in the same period, We are inform
ed, that the mayor, noblemen, and gen
tlemen formed into cOnstables, and,
armed with oak slaves, attacked and
put to fight 200 thimble-men, who had
set the town Mt defiance. We hear that the
corporation had been one OF the largest
subscribers TO the races. We hope that
Il similar record may be found to their
credit with reference to the claims OF
the Yorkshire Deaf and Dumb Institu-
ton, on the opposite side of the road to
the grand-stand. In existence since
1899 as n school OF instruction and in
dustry, of religious and general educa-
ton, we trust its reliance on voluntary
contributions will not be overlooked at
time when people are in danger of
sJending so much on what is injurious
or foolish. For more than fifty years
the school has gone on progressively
augmenting. Medical observation and
the researches of science have done
wonders for the deaf and dumb and
what striking proof of selhshness in
man when he will give his time and
property TO anything but for the bene-
tit of the helpless deaf and dumb.
We have said that a race-course
is mentioned in an old deed at
Doncaster ms far back as 1000 but it Is
stated that a paper read before the
Royal Society in 1893 was the first time
that public attention was called in this
country to this subject, nor can We be
surprised at such statement. Before
the reformation the monasteries adj
ministered to the especial wants of
their immediate dependents. BE this
as il may, partial knowledge of the mo-
tiyes of charity have enabled the few
to surmount the difficulties in such I'M
dertakings. We arsglad that such an
institution for Yorkshire has stood for
more than fifty years close to the race
stand, as much as to say to all who 60
thithcr: 1T shall not be unknown To
you that some families are overwhelmed
with this peculiar affection, which
their poverty cannot alleviate. II
is an affection which exists in fami-
lies, seldom or never in localities
and the sight of this institution for the
deaf and dumb has made yOu acquaint-
ed with the number of these umfortu-
nate sufferers, and don't forget that if
our Lord gave His blessings to those
who fed the hungry, clothed the naked,
visited the sick, and took in the
stranger, how much more will His
blessings be extended to those who have
administered to the necessities of the
afflicted, taught the deaf to understand,
ard the dumb to speak?" "Inasmuch
as We have done it unto the least of My
brethren, We have done it unto Me. ~
We cannot pass away from the race
ground without reminding our readers
that while it has long been CON
sidcrcd the best meeting of the
kind in the north Of England, and
that if IA greater number of fami-
lies meet each other mt Doncaster
races than assemble together on any
similar occasion, We cannot get rid of
the subject of this carnival OF pleasure
without thinking of the words Of DIR.
Johnson's Rambler" Il would will
ingly impressed upon men such sense
of the value Of time as may incline
them to find out for their careless hours
amusement Of more use and dignity
than the common amusements Of races
and cards, which not only weary the
mind without improving it, but
strengthen the passions of envy and
avarice, and often lead TO fraud and
profusion, to corruption, and to ruin;
or being able to recollect the day by
any other token than gain or loss, and
a confused remembrance of agtlted
passions and clamorous alterations. ~
Br. johnson had no doubt read Of
the Athenian games. The happy
fourth year had come round. There
was light in every eye, and enthusiasm
in every heart. The old citizens OF
Corinth treat the whole affair rs a mat
ter of business, and if they 90, it Is for
country's and chiyalry's sake. Not 50
yonder mother or her daughter who
have IA son or brother in training for
months past that he may be victor III
the noble and elegant foot race. But
turn aside from these Grecian games;
enter the dwelling Of Aquila and Pris-
ella and ask the inmates why they do
net 60 to the games, and what do Chry-
sothus, Stephanas, Apollos, and others
say? They reply that they did go
aforetime, but they can not go again /;
they can not again mingle in sports -
lawful, it may be, but surrounded by
accessories most unlawful and as they
speak they read from Il manuscript
these words know We not that they
WHO run in race run all, but one re
ceiveth the prize. Now they 50 receive
"a corruptible crown of laurel or oak
leaves, but Ne an incorTuptible crown.
We, therefore, 50 run in our STADIUM
is a great crowd of witnesses with us
there is no uncertainty in our conflict
we do not beat the air; we wrestle
against principalities and powers that
are against our salvation.
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